What are some cool things to put in the 5.25" bay?
pic related
>>52959703
Pic related was probably the best $10 I ever spent on my computer. It was super fucking useful. Current case doesn't have 5.25" bays though so I gave it to a friend.
>>52959703
Hot swap HDD
>>52959703
Tape deck
>>52959703
http://imgur.com/a/4yMC8
>tfw no front bays
>>52959795
ebin
>>52959795
holy shit
>>52959813
thanks for sharing I was curious if anyone had ever compiled a "cool 5.25" shit" article or album.
How about a cupholder?
>>52959881
Yes I've seen them. Kind of stupid desu. One spill your PC is fucked!
>>52959703
Reservoirs for custom water cooling loops
Hot swap HDD bays
>>52959724
>super fucking useful
>I couldn't use it
>>52959795
Oh shit anon, you're making me want to do this.
I would probably just keep these bad boys in there.
>>52959795
OHHHH WOWWWOWOWOWEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
>>52959881
Why not a lighter too?
>>52960176
Is that an ashtray or a cup holder?
>>52960060
>reading comprehension
>>52960455
Both, depends on what you use it for
Your kush
>>52959795
Fuck yeah.
>>52959795
can you backup data on those?
>>52959703
Actually, that's kinda a good idea...
>>52960911
Probably, but a CD would hold like 7 times the data.
>>52960176
Thats pretty neat!
I think there's a quad slot hotswap 2.5 bay out there. I've been considering building an itx backup rig using one.
>>52960532
can you swap them?
>>52959703
tape drive
4x2.5" hotswap
optical drive
>>52960997
Way more than that, surely... A data cassette tape can only hold 660 kb on each side, I remember those on commodore 64. That is about 1.3 mb per cassette. A CD can hold way more than 7 times that.
>>52962133
LTO drive
>>52959740
what are some goodo hot swap decks then? most of it is shit
reservoir
My case came with 4 of them.
1 CD/DVD/BluRay reader/burner
2 hot swap HDD
1 fan controller
I bought one of those.
I always knew you shouldn't use sata spliters/extenders as chinese quality control is completely shit and it's not uncomon to burn drives with missaligned pins shortcircuiting the HD's board.
Yet I completely failed to realize the same level of shitty chinese quality controle would be used on one of those shit drive bays and when I put one of my hard drives in there, it fried its board.
So, don't buy one of this fuckers unless is from a respectable company. Unfortunately on my country we have no such option.
>>52962345
icydock is a bad brand?
>>52960176
Cause smoking is nasty
>>52962458
It wasn't this model, it was a generic chinese moodel, this was the first "hd 5.2 dock" image I found on google images similar to my chinese one.
>>52960176
I've always wanted one of these. Sadly they don't make them anymore.
>>52960060
He got a new case which didn't have a 5.25" bay, so he gave it to a friend.
fleshlight
>>52962897
I remember seeing one of those virtual sex controlers form a japanese company that was actually double 5.25 drive bay like 10 yeras ago, Couldn't find it so here a modern counterpart.
>>52961839
He means you can use it as either one. Fits a cup, holds ash just fine too.
>>52959795
Holy shit I was just looking for one of these, thanks man.
>>52959703
http://www.icydock.com/goods.php?id=151
>>52962715
It almost certainly takes very little (relative) effort to make one of these
http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/battery-products/cigarette-lighter-assemblies/393792?k=cigarette
Digikey has assloads of cigarette lighters for sale.
So theoretically all you need to do is get a cigarette lighter assembly, a MOLEX cable, and connect it to the 12V rail.
Get drilling fgt.
>>52960954
Isn't tape backup the most reliable one?
>>52959703
nothing would be better than that
>>52962345
>I always knew you shouldn't use sata spliters/extenders as chinese quality control is completely shit and it's not uncomon to burn drives with missaligned pins shortcircuiting the HD's board.
I just switched over my 4 hard drives in my computer from from direct PSU SATA power cables to a couple of LP4 molex to SATA splitters.
>http://www.startech.com/Cables/Computer-Power/Internal/12in-LP4-to-2x-SATA-Power-Y-Cable-Adapter~PYO2LP4SATA
Am I fucked? If it works, am I fine? Seems to be working fine right now.
>>52964092
i have programs my dad wrote on tape over 30 years ago so i say its pretty reliable.
>tfw no onahole mount
>>52964618
The only thing that beats tape in longevity is MDisc but the cost per gigabyte is lower with tape.
>>52959795
MUH DICK!
>>52959881
that's what optical drives are for
>>52965045
what will happen to you if you are in the same room as an automated tape library (opened) for several minutes?
>>52960176
Have one, just not using it because all I was using it for was the DC power. I wouldn't bother with doing that though because the plug itself is a tad bit big in diameter and not the standard automotive size.
>>52965172
It will created mustard gas in your bowels
>>52965282
everything went better wis mustard
>>52965172
It will induce boredom over an extended period of time.
>>52965473
b-bu "MUH DICK"?
>>52959703
>define R4 door prevents anything from sticking out
>half the cool stuff for 5.25 bays wont let me close the door
There are other uses for a 5.25" bay besides a 5.25" floppy drive?